Anonymous
7/6/2025, 9:49:48 PM No.76345908
This is a theory I've been kicking around.
I notice the natty limit seems to be about a 26 BMI. Guys who are lean and muscular and substantially above it usually appear to be juicers.
So why is this the limit? Because it's what your frame is built for. Getting to this size is 'filling out' your frame. Going above it is building muscles on top of muscles.
The good news is that reaching this level is therefore actually fairly easy. You should bulk and lift hard until you are somewhat above this weight, then cut the excess fat, and there you are, you filled out your frame. You probably didn't even gain that much fat, since fat really only piles on once you have exceeded your frame.
Once you have done this you can sculpt and define the details in a more 'bodybuilding' type of way, if this is what you desire. This is what 'bodybuilding' actually is. Balancing the details and proportions of an already muscular body. Doing dinky little tricep kickbacks is meant for guys who have already built their bodies. Which they did by lifting heavy and eating a bunch. Guys who start 'honing in the details' first are getting it all wrong. First you need to build those muscles into existence.
So if you are below 26 BMI your task is to do linear progression on the big lifts while eating big until you fill your frame out. It should not take very long. Obviously frame varies by person but for most people it will be about 26 BMI where you start to encounter major diminishing returns.
I notice the natty limit seems to be about a 26 BMI. Guys who are lean and muscular and substantially above it usually appear to be juicers.
So why is this the limit? Because it's what your frame is built for. Getting to this size is 'filling out' your frame. Going above it is building muscles on top of muscles.
The good news is that reaching this level is therefore actually fairly easy. You should bulk and lift hard until you are somewhat above this weight, then cut the excess fat, and there you are, you filled out your frame. You probably didn't even gain that much fat, since fat really only piles on once you have exceeded your frame.
Once you have done this you can sculpt and define the details in a more 'bodybuilding' type of way, if this is what you desire. This is what 'bodybuilding' actually is. Balancing the details and proportions of an already muscular body. Doing dinky little tricep kickbacks is meant for guys who have already built their bodies. Which they did by lifting heavy and eating a bunch. Guys who start 'honing in the details' first are getting it all wrong. First you need to build those muscles into existence.
So if you are below 26 BMI your task is to do linear progression on the big lifts while eating big until you fill your frame out. It should not take very long. Obviously frame varies by person but for most people it will be about 26 BMI where you start to encounter major diminishing returns.
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